Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
1 - 22- 3-67 Hannover West Germany 0-1
2 - 11- 6-67 Stockholm Sweden 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
3 - 29- 6-67 Oslo Norway 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
4 - 8-10-67 Sofia Soviet Union 1-2
5 - 12-10-67 Istanbul Turkey Ol. 3-2 Olympic Games Q
6 - 12-11-67 Sofia Sweden 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
7 - 26-11-67 Sofia Portugal 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
8 - 17-12-67 Lisboa Portugal 0-0 European Champ. Qual.
9 - 20- 4-68 Napoli Italy 0-2 European Champ. Qual.
10 1 1 9-10-68 Istanbul Turkey 2-0
11 1 2 27-10-68 Sofia Netherlands 2-0 World Cup Qual.
12 2 11-12-68 London England 1-1
13 2 23- 4-69 Sofia Luxembourg 2-1 World Cup Qual.
14 2 24- 5-69 Torino Italy 0-0
15 1 3 15- 6-69 Sofia Poland 4-1 World Cup Qual.
16 3 29- 4-69 Sofia West Germany 0-1
17 1 4 22-10-69 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-1 World Cup Qual.
18 4 9-11-69 Warszawa Poland 0-3 World Cup Qual.
19 1 5 7-12-69 Luxembourg Luxembourg 3-1 World Cup Qual.
20 5 28-12-69 Casablanca Morocco 0-3
21 5 15- 2-70 Cdad. de México Mexico 1-1
22 5 18- 2-70 León Mexico 0-2
23 5 24- 2-70 Lima Peru 3-5
24 5 8- 4-70 Rouen France 1-1
25 1 6 5- 5-70 Sofia Soviet Union 3-3
26 1 7 2- 6-70 León Peru 2-3 World Cup
27 7 7- 6-70 León West Germany 2-5 World Cup
28 7 11- 6-70 León Morocco 1-1 World Cup
29 7 15-11-70 Sofia Norway 1-1 European Champ. Qual.
30 7 24- 3-71 London Great Britain 0-1 Olympic Games Qual.
31 7 7- 4-71 Athinai Greece 1-0
32 7 28- 4-71 Sofia Soviet Union 1-1
33 7 5- 5-71 Sofia Great Britain 5-0 Olympic Games Qual.
34 7 19- 5-71 Sofia Hungary 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
35 2 9 9- 6-71 Oslo Norway 4-1 European Champ. Qual.
36 1 10 7- 9-71 München W. Germany Am. 1-3
37 10 25- 9-71 Budapest Hungary 0-2 European Champ. Qual.
38 1 11 27-10-71 Bucuresti Romania 1-1
39 1 12 10-11-71 Nantes France 1-2 European Champ. Qual.
40 12 17-11-71 Sofia Greece 2-2
41 1 13 24-11-71 Sofia Spain Ol. 8-3 Olympic Games Qual.
42 13 4-12-71 Sofia France 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
43 1 14 29- 3-72 Sofia Soviet Union 1-1
44 2 16 16- 4-72 Stara Zagora Poland 3-1 Olympic Games Qual.
45 16 7- 5-72 Warszawa Poland 0-3 Olympic Games Qual.
46 1 17 31- 5-72 Burgos Spain Ol. 3-3 Olympic Games Qual.
47 17 7- 6-72 Moskva Soviet Union 0-1
48 1 18 21- 6-72 Sofia Italy 1-1
49 18 11-10-72 Sofia Yugoslavia B 2-1
50 2 20 18-10-72 Sofia N. Ireland 3-0 World Cup Qual.
51 2 22 19-11-72 Lemesos Cyprus 4-0 World Cup Qual.
52 22 28- 1-73 Lefkosia Cyprus 3-0
53 1 23 31- 1-73 Athinai Greece 2-2
54 23 28- 3-73 Plovdiv Soviet Union 1-0
55 1 24 2- 5-73 Sofia Portugal 2-1 World Cup Qual.
56 24 12- 5-73 Hamburg West Germany 0-3
57 24 19- 8-73 Varna Poland 0-2
58 24 26- 9-73 Sheffield N. Ireland 0-0 World Cup Qual.
59 2 26 13-10-73 Lisboa Portugal 2-2 World Cup Qual.
60 26 18-11-73 Sofia Cyprus 2-0 World Cup Qual.
61 3 29 6- 2-74 Morfou Cyprus 4-1
62 1 30 8- 2-74 Kuwait Kuwait 3-1
63 2 32 10- 2-74 Kuwait Kuwait 2-1
64 1 33 31- 3-74 Zalaegerszeg Hungary 1-3
65 33 13- 4-74 Plovdiv Czechoslovakia 0-1
66 2 35 8- 5-74 Sofia Turkey 5-1 [1] Balkan Cup
67 3 38 25- 5-74 Sofia North Korea 6-1
68 38 1- 6-74 Sofia England 0-1
69 38 15- 6-74 Düsseldorf Sweden 0-0 World Cup
70 1 39 19- 6-74 Hannover Uruguay 1-1 World Cup
71 39 23- 6-74 Dortmund Netherlands 1-4 World Cup
72 1 40 13-10-74 Sofia Greece 3-3 European Champ. Qual.
73 40 10-11-74 Varna Hungary 0-0
74 40 18-12-74 Piraeus Greece 1-2 European Champ. Qual.
75 40 7- 6-75 Sofia Hungary 4-0
76 1 41 11- 6-75 Sofia Malta 5-0 European Champ. Qual.
77 41 24- 9-75 Istanbul Turkey 2-0 Olympic Games Qual.
78 41 19-11-75 Stuttgart West Germany 0-1 European Champ. Qual.
79 41 21-12-75 La Valletta Malta 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
80 1 42 25- 1-76 Tokyo Japan 3-1
81 1 43 28- 1-76 Osaka Japan 1-1
82 43 1- 2-76 Tokyo Japan 3-0
83 43 24- 3-76 Sofia Soviet Union 0-3
84 43 14- 4-76 Stara Zagora Turkey Ol. 3-0 Olympic Games Qual.
85 2 45 5- 5-76 Sofia North Korea 3-0
86 45 12- 5-76 Turnovo Romania 1-0 Balkan Cup
87 45 18- 8-76 Luzern Switzerland 2-2
88 1 46 22- 9-76 Sofia Turkey 2-2
89 1 47 9-10-76 Sofia France 2-2 World Cup Qual.
90 47 27-10-76 Sliven East Germany 0-4
91 47 30- 1-77 Lefkosia Cyprus 2-1
92 47 16- 2-77 Istanbul Turkey 0-2 Balkan Cup
93 47 13- 4-77 Sofia Denmark 3-1
94 47 26-10-77 Sofia Greece 0-0 Balkan Cup
95 47 16-11-77 Paris France 1-3 World Cup Qual.
96 1 48 25- 4-79 Buenos Aires Argentina 1-2
[1] some sources credit one of Bonev's two goals as an own goal by Nikos Kovis
Remark: Matches against B teams. olympic friendlies and Olympic Qualifiers
are full A internationals games for Bulgaria Football Association.
Total Record
Matches Won Draw Lost For Against Points Percentage
96 39 28 29 164 - 124 106 55.21
Types of Matches and Goals
Matches Goals
Friendlies 46 23
World Cup Qualifiers 14 12
World Cup 6 2
European Ch. Qual. 17 5
Olympic Games Qual. 9 4
Balkan Cup 4 2
Total 96 48
48 Goals in 96 Matches (% 0.50 per match)
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